Food Law Society hosts Occupy the Farm
On Feb. 2, the Food Law Society and the Family Law Society held a free evening screening on Stetson’s Gulfport campus of Occupy the Farm, a documentary film that tells the story of a community’s fight to save the last sustainable farmland in the urban East Bay area near Oakland, California.
“The purpose of the event was to bring awareness to the fact that we are losing sustainable agriculture to the urbanization of small and large towns alike,” said SeanCarlo Lopez, Food Law Society treasurer. “The more urbanization that occurs will ultimately result in fewer and fewer areas that we can use to feed the masses.”
“The event was a great success,” Lopez continued. “Members of both the Stetson and greater community were in attendance.”
The Food Law Society served organic, non-GMO, gluten-free pizza, popcorn and cupcakes. The UF/IFAS Extension Pinellas County invited members of the community, provided the movie and facilitated the Q&A session.
Professor Paul Boudreaux and Professor Lance Long, the Food Law Society and Environmental Law Society faculty adviser conducted an open-floor panel discussion after the film to discuss the issues presented in the movie. They fielded questions from the 35 people in attendance.
“The Food Law Society’s mission is to educate the community about the food which they consume and how to reduce food waste while also educating law students about ways to use law and policy to impact the food system,” said Lopez.
The Food Law Society will sponsor an event on March 1 at noon with Richard Blau, a shareholder with GrayRobinson. Blau will speak on the topic of legislating and litigating the concept of “natural” as it applies to food. The talk will encompass the FDA’s recent decision to take on the definition of “natural” for regulatory purposes.
Post date: Feb. 11, 2016
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